Virginia Senate to decide on governor or assembly naming chair of Board
Richmond Va March 11 The Virginia Senate weighs whether Governor Price or the General Assembly should name the chair of the State Compensation Board. Senators Shumate and Woodson push a floor vote after the 10 million biennial budget debuts. A conference committee is named to finalize the 3.3 million old age measure with House amendments rejected. The Senate also rejects most House changes on judges and state officials salaries and retirement benefits with limited exceptions.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
Woodson
Shumate-Woodson
Senate
House Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Virginia
Aubrey Weaver
Blan
House
Loudoun Street gains modernizing turnover in Winchester
MA Winchester notes gradual beautification of Loudoun Street with new store fronts and interior renovations. He says old shops remain but now show improved service and greater business appeal centered in Winchester, inviting more buyers from the trade area. The speech highlights foresight in opening new stores to serve the region.
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Loudoun Street
Winchester
Winchesters
Sea of Ur
Virginia House approves destruction of Alcohol In Moderation and Excess
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a Senate joint resolution awarding copyright to Haag and Waddell and ordering destruction of distributed copies of Alcohol In Moderation and Excess. The vote was 45 to 37 after rejecting a substitute urging retention for education use.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate
L. Preston Collins
Smyth
State Board of Education
Assembly
House
Collins
Adop
H. B. Haag
J. A. Waddell
Medical College of Virginia
University of Virginia
Whitney Indicted Money Baron Delays Arraignment
Richard Whitney former president of the New York Stock Exchange faced a postponed arraignment on a first degree grand larceny indictment. State Attorney General John J Bennett Jr and federal grand jury probes loom as Whitney’s counsel seeks a stay until Monday. The case centers on alleged theft from a family trust and ongoing tangled financial affairs.
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York
Richard Whitney
Ietime Exchange
John J. Bennett
New York
Toeatl
New York Stock Exchange
John J. Bennett Jr
Whitney
Charles H. Tuttle
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Removal of the tax on suffrage becomes Virginia political issue
William Shands Meacham of the Richmond Times-Dispatch told Virginia Education Association members in Petersburg that removing the tax on suffrage is the big issue. He warned disfranchisement harms local government, poverty levels, and overall political participation in Virginia.
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Petersburg
Virginia
William Shands Meacham
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Education Association
Float Builders Parade Meeting At Apple Blossom HQ
Notice to float builders to report at Apple Blossom headquarters tonight at 8 o clock for parade preparations. The brief text lists floats for Aule tiene ee Oat or Parade and requests attendance.
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Apple Blossom
Whitney firm testimonies unfold in McCall hearing
Robert Rosenthal, cashier for Richard Whitney & Co., testified in New York before Assistant Attorney General Ambrose McCall. He said Whitney, without authorization as he understood it, directed him to surrender large blocks of securities that belonged to others.
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Richard Whitney & Co
Ambrose McCall
New York
Robert Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Whitney
Central
Six Want Road Votes Recorded
Six members of the Virginia House of Delegates seek journal recording of their votes on a joint resolution to amend the constitution to ban diversion of segregated highway funds. They claim confusion over amendments and misunderstanding of the main question. Names listed: King E. Harman, H. M. Bandy, J C Hutcheson, J. W. Russell, C. J. Ashworth, W. C. Smith.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
King E. Harman
Roads Committee
H. M. Bandy
Wise
J C. Hutcheson
Shenandoah
J. W. Russell
Carroll
C. J. Ashworth
Pittsylvania
W. C. Smith
Buchanan
Zinn Rites On Saturday In Centenary Church
Funeral services for Miss Mary Zinn who died yesterday at Charles Town Hospital will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM from Centenary Reformed Church. Miss Zinn formerly lived near Stephenson Virginia and is survived by numerous nephews and nieces in Charles Town. The Rev Dr S L Flickinger and the Rev Dr Sydnor will officiate with pallbearers Coleman Dunn Joseph Jolliffe Ed Grant Charles McCann John Jolliffe and Mary McCann. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery family lot.
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Mary Zinn
Charles Town
Centenary Reformed Church
Zinn
Stephenson
S. L. Flickinger
Sydnor
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Coleman Dunn
Joseph Jolliffe
Ed Grant
Charles McCann
John Jolliffe
McCann
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Soviet Prosecutor Seeks Death for 19 in Purge Trial
In Moscow on March 11 Prosecutor Anders Vishinsky called for death by firing squad for 19 of 21 defendants in the purge trial. Only Christian Rakovsky and S. A. Bessanoff would face 25 years, while Genrikh Yagoda Nikolai Bucharin and others were pressed toward execution as treason and murder.
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Moscow
Russia
Anders Y. Vishinsky
Christian Rakovsky
S. A. Bessanoff
Vishinsky
Genrikh G. Yagoda
al Capone
America
al Capones
Alexis I Rykoff
Soviet Union
Nikolai Lenin
Nikolai Bucharin
N. N. Krestinsky
Ya‘oda
A. P. Rosengoltz
Gregory F. Grinko
Rakovsky
Bessanoff
Genrikh Yagoda
Yagoda
Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Pageant Drafts Take Shape for Apple Blossom Festival
Garland R. Quarles, Handley Schools superintendent and longtime pageant writer, crafts the fifteenth Apple Blossom Festival pageant. Hoye Riley directs the grand feature parade Trail of The Pink Petals as floats are prepared locally with materials at cost. A Tampa representative seeks shipment details while 14 young ladies have accepted beauty honors and festival officials coordinate early arrangements.
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Garland R. Quarles
Handley Schools
Hoye Riley
Tampa
Fla
Winchester
Roosevelt addresses TVA directors over internal quarrel
President Roosevelt told the Tennessee Valley Authority directors he believes personal recriminations hindered work and public policy. Morgan accused Morgan and Lilienthal of bad faith and illegal expenditures while they charged the chairman aims to rule. He said the hearing probes dishonesty and misconduct, not policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
A. E. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
H. A. Morgan
Morgan
Lilienthal
United States
Expect Jobs In Spring Amid Unemployment Surge
Federal economists estimate 4.3 million job losses in four months push total unemployed to about 10.45 million, the highest in three years. Spring weather may add seasonal outdoor work to offset industrial job losses, while WPA relief rolls rise as Congress approves $250 million extra funding for the program.
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Washington
Committee On Economic Security
Detaben
Pareoee
Congress
WPA
Hitler Forces Austria Premier From Office In Crisis
Adolf Hitler compelled Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg to postpone the plebiscite on independence and reportedly drove him from office. Franz von Papen delivered Hitler’s ultimatum to Vienna as Nazi officials in Schuschnigg’s cabinet aided the move with German troops massed on the border. Britain France and Italy monitored the crisis and weighed a possible joint front to respond to Austria’s upheaval.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Vienna
Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Rland Front
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Berlin
Seysz-Inquart
Michael Skuhl
Nazi
Fatherland Front
Florisdorf
Hans Lalitsch
President Urges United Front For Stability And Jobs
President Roosevelt opened the annual community chest drive in the East Room urging a united front to ensure jobs and private charity support. He said direct relief through community chests would address human misfortune and aid maladjusted families, the sick, and families in crisis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
United Front
Handley Glee Club to perform first full evening concert
Winchester readers are invited to an 8 15 p m concert by the Handley High School Glee Club directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes. The program features classical and semi classic numbers from Handel to Verdi with solos and choral works. Over eighty voices, piano accompaniment by Miss Sadie Finkelstein, free admission, concert to last about one hour.
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Music Lovers
Winchester
Handley High School Glee Club
Glee Club
Gwendolyn Haynes
Handel
Verdi
Kathleen
Sadie Finkelstein
Snapp's Produce Advertises Poultry and Eggs
Fresh country eggs and poultry items including fryers roasting and stewing chickens are offered by Snapp's Produce located at 321 N Market Street with phone contact 626 Ip-1t.
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Snapp’s Produce
N. Market Street
House Rejects Motion To Put Surtax In Bill
The House, by 233 to 153, reaffirmed its decision to boost hard liquor tax by 25 cents a gallon and rejected restoring a 1B surtax on closely held family firms. Debate over substitutes included an excise tax on imported pork producing about 5 million dollars yearly.
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House
Surtax
Washington
Qetocar Ee
Bankhead
Thompson
R.-Ill
Sale of Antiques and Household Goods at Market Street
Auction notice for antiques and household goods at 328 N Market Street on March 12 at 1 30 p m in the Baker me venue.
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Market Street
Baker
Sarah Zane Fire Co Plans March Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday evening March 11 at 8 p m All members are requested to be present Captain L M Crabill notes important business
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
L. M. Crabill
Correct Time Headquarters Notice Of Free Inspection
Hodgson and Brown advertise no charge for regulation of watches and very low repair prices with inspection offered free of charge.
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Hodgson & Brown
North Mountain Cabin Camp Event Listing at Hayfield
Entertainment by 7 year old Les Haines, a colored tap dancer, plus round dancing. Located 2 miles west of Hayfield.
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North Mountain Cabin
Les Haines
Hayfield
Pressure on Schuschnigg as Referendum Postponed
Vienna reports German troops crossed the Austrian border at Passau and were ordered to retreat without resistance. Chancellor Schuschnigg resigned expectations grew as Seyss-Inquart urged no resistance. The plebiscite on independence was postponed amid Nazi and Fatherland Front clashes.
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Vienna
Passau
Kurt Schuschnigg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
John M Leight Farm Estate on Minestone Land
About 197 acres of fine Minestone land with a comfortable residence and a large barn. Located one mile north of a nearby landmark, offering ample farmstead facilities and potential for productive agricultural use.
Antigua Salessee in Cameron Street Winchester Ad
A damaged OCR fragment shows a notice about a sale at 15th day on Cameron Street Winchester involving Antigua. The exact details and party names are unclear.
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Dean
Antigua
Salessee
Cameron St
Winchester
Ipa
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Price
U. S
Times - Dispatch
Whitney Cashier
Secret Police
Soviet
Gaffey
Joseph F. Gaffey
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee
Thomas P. Kennedy
Guffey
John L. Lewis
Her
Queen
Shenandoah XV
Garland Quarles
T.V.A
Handley Glee Club
Innsbruck
S. A
S. S
John M. Leight
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